Ugliest headstock ever ??

[hamfist]

A picture paints a thousand words ....

[url=http://www.ephotobay.com/share/-57-10.html][/url]

The bass with this monstrosity is on sale for a mere £700 on the bay. I think there's going to be a bidding war.

edit ... no idea why the picture has changed to a jigsaw !

Edited March 18, 2015 by hamfist

[Roland Rock]

Haha, well at least it has a sense of humour.

[hamfist]

I just can't resist giggling when I look at that picture. And I don't usually consider myself juvenile.

[EliasMooseblaster]

That's absolutely unbelievable - what kind of MONSTER puts up a bass with such a flagrantly mismatched D-string?

[Cosmo Valdemar]

Trouble is, when you're playing it looks like you're hitching a lift...
I remember Lindert. I think John Squire played one for a while (although I could be imagining that).

[EssentialTension]

I've seen worse. Much worse. Like all the pointy ones for example.

Anyway, someone on BC used to have (and may still have) a Lindert Bass VI with the same headstock shape.

[EssentialTension]

It was Happy Jack - apologies for nicking your pic Jack but here we go:

Edited June 12, 2014 by EssentialTension

[chrismuzz]

Is it actually supposed to be a "thumbs up"?

[EssentialTension]

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Is it actually supposed to be a "thumbs up"?
[/quote]
Yep.

[Roland Rock]

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1402589323' post='2475095']
Is it actually supposed to be a "thumbs up"?
[/quote]

Yes. Or bangers and mash.

[EssentialTension]

Here's the Lindert fan site: [url="http://lindert.vintageusaguitars.com/"]http://lindert.vintageusaguitars.com/[/url]

[EssentialTension]

I wonder how the OP would feel about this one:

[skankdelvar]

Are not Mr James Tyler's headstocks the ugliest of all? Allegedly Mr Tyler gets into a fearful bate about the subject, flying wildly off the handle when people denigrate them.

[skej21]

Steinberger...

[RhysP]

Those Tyler headstocks are pretty abominable.
The Bongo headstock & the G&L ones with the stupidly impractical pointy/wavy bit would be on my list too.

[BigRedX]

Not really much uglier than any other 4 in line headstock.

[stingraybassman]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1402591598' post='2475138']
Not really much uglier than any other 4 in line headstock.
[/quote]

You strike me as a straight up 2 + 2 kind of guy red.

Im repping 4, 3+1 and 2+2 to make sure I don't discriminate

[LukeFRC]

Valenti ....

[discreet]

It's a thumbs-down from me.

[BigRedX]

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You strike me as a straight up 2 + 2 kind of guy red.

Im repping 4, 3+1 and 2+2 to make sure I don't discriminate
[/quote]

Actually I'm more a 3 + 2 kind of person.

[hamfist]

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1402590674' post='2475122']
Are not Mr James Tyler's headstocks the ugliest of all?
[/quote]

No way, those Tyler headstocks are gorgeous compared to the Lindert ones.

[paul_5]

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Steinberger...
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[skej21]

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No sarcasm... I think the decision to not have a headstock makes it the ugliest headstock design ever!

[BassTractor]

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1402590907' post='2475126']
Those Tyler headstocks are pretty abominable.
The Bongo headstock & the G&L ones with the stupidly impractical pointy/wavy bit would be on my list too.
[/quote]

+1, especially the 6-string Bongo.
Still want one though.

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[gsgbass]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/ioKd4hk.gif[/IMG] Different, I'll stick with the old style designs. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/ioKd4hk.gif[/IMG]